SANTIAGO TORRES

SANTIAGO TORRES operates as a small middle-grades school in LAS PIEDRAS, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 178 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 242.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), SANTIAGO TORRES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SANTIAGO TORRES lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Las Piedras Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.9:1, putting SANTIAGO TORRES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, Las Piedras Municipio reports that median household income runs about $25,232 and roughly 36% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Las Piedras Municipio runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,239 students), of which SANTIAGO TORRES is one.

LEONCIO MELENDEZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SANTIAGO TORRES.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 48%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SANTIAGO TORRES community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.